Oscillating device for motor-vehicle wind-screens.



J. W. EARL. OSCILLATING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE WIND SCREENS. APPLIGATION FILED Nov. 3,4909.

Winmx@ 'narran sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB W. EARL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

OSCILLATING DEVICE FOR MOTOR-'VEHICLE WIND-SCREENS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

4Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

Application filed November 3, 1908. Serial No. 460,813.

.To all whom 't may concern.'

Be it known that I, JACOB WV. EARL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful improvements in Oscillating Devices 'for lliotor-Vehiele VVind-Screens, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention has relation to a novel means of mounting it'olding screens on motor vehicles, anda prime object thereof is to provide a mounting which will enable the oecupants rof a motor car to which the screen is attached to obtain an unobstructed view in front of the carwhen the upper portion of lthe screen is in its lowered position.

ln the mounting of wind screens on motor cars ofvarious makes considerable ditliculty hasl heretofore been experienced by manufacturers. as the steering wheels often interfere with the-movement of the upper screen section. thus necessitatingthe adjustment of each screen to meet the varying requirements of thc cars to which they are secured. For instance, in mounting a screen on a car whose steering wheel was placedat such an angle as to interfere with the movement of the u pper section, the whole screen would have to be elevated to such an extent that Iwhen, the upper section was lowered the folded sections would interfere with the View of the driver. Again, to avoid Contact with the steering wheels the upper or folding section7 is made of considerably less area than the lower to avoid Contact with the steering wheels, and also to pbviate the trouble of special mountings.

By the aid of my improved form of oscillating mounting the above recited troubles and inconveniences are largely obviated and I am enabled to provide a screen in which the areas of both sections-are equal. thereby enabling the driver of the machine to obtain an unobstructed view in front of the moving vehicle. I

ln the accomplishment of the object of my invention, I have provided an oscillating divided tubular frame and a plurality of brace rods for rigidly maintaining the screen in either its folded or extended positions upon the motor dash. I

Tnv the acconmanying drawings. forming a part of this specification Figure 1,-- is a perspective view 'of my improved screen in place on Aa motor vehicle. Fig. Q,- is a side elevation of the screen, the upper sec- Referring now more particularly 'to the drawings, 5 designates a motor vehicle of usual pattern, to the dash 6 of ,which is secured my improved screen 7. This screen is preferably composed of a tubular frame divided into two sections 8 and 9, both of the sections being provided with glass panes 10 and l1. Upper section 9 of the screen is preferably secured to the lower section by means of pivots 12, the upper section being maintained ineither of its vertical positions on ,the lower section by means of a suitable tension mechanism (not. shown) preferably of the type illustrated in my joint application. S. N. 403,875, filed November 26, 1907. Lower'section 8 is preferably provided with a plurality of downwardly extending lugs or ears 13, which are pivotally secured in bear-4 ings 14 rigidly secured to dash 6, thcreby'imparting to the section an oscillating motion on a movement of the upper section.

Upper section 9 of the screen is provided on each of the vertical portions of its tubular .frame and at a point adjacent the ends thereof, with short curved arms 15 which curve forwardly when the upper section is in its raised position. These arms also are oli'set. from the frame a sufiicient distance to enable `the brace rods 16, which are pivotally secured at their lower ends to the vehicle frame as at 17, tow freely pass the 'curved slotted arms 18 of the tension mechanism without contacting therewith.

It will be apparent upon an examination ot- Fig. 3 of the drawings that by pivoting brace rods 16 on the upper frame at a point above the pivotal point of the two frames, and pivotally mounting the lower frame on the cai-,that the distance from the lower pivotal point J7 f rods A16. to their pivotal points on varms 15 will always be the same during the movement of the upper' screen section on the lower. as the oscillationy of the lower section forwardly. as clearly shown in Fig. 3. will compensate for the upward and downward movement ofthe upper frame,

tion being folded upon vthe lower, the exthus describing an arc of a circle from 'pivotal point -17 as clearly illustrated by the noted from the foregoing 4description that by pivotally mounting the lower section of the screen on the vehicle, and pivotally attach` ing brace rods `16to.the vehicle frame' and upper screen section, that in any downward 'movement of the upper section, both sections will be forced forwardly by thefforward os-d cillation o the :lower screen section; thus enabling ntie 'to in 'ount screens whose sections tacting wit l are of equuareasonvehicleswithout consometimes l their dashes. It will be noted by a reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings that when the upper screen 'section lis in eit-her of its cxtreme positions that the lower section will b e rigidly maintainedin a vertical position on thc vehicle dash 6, the tension mechanism -(not shown) arresting all vibratory movement of the screen. It will be further noted from the above description, lthat I have provided a novel folding screen mechanism whose upper section when folded on the lower will enable the motorist to obtain an unobstructL ed view ahead ofrthe moving vehicle.

Having described my invention, `what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a device of the .class described, a wind screendivided intofan upper section anda lowersection hinged together, s'aid screen being pivotallymounted on the motor vehicle, andbrace rods pivotally secured to the vehicle frame and having a pivot connection withsaid upper section, said pivot connection being located at one side of the i hinged edge of the upper section. dotted line 19 in Fig. 3, It will alsof-be y 2. In a device of the class described, a wind screen comprising a lower section mov ably mounted at its lower edge and adapted to swing ina front and rear direction, an upper section havinga hinge connection with the upper edge of saidlower section adapted to assume an upright position above said lower section and adapted to swing in a rearward direction into a folded position behind s'aid lower section, and brace rods having their forward ends attached to the frame of the motorvvehiclehand having their rear -ends pivotblly attached to said upper section at a point removed from said hinge Aconnectlon .whereby sald lower section 1s drawn forwardly by said rods when said upper section swings to orfroln its folded-position.

' 3. In a wind shield-for' vehicles, the combination of a lower section hinged tothe vehicle, of an upper section hinged to the lower section, a brace rod, means connecting one end of the brace rod to the vehicle, and means connecting the other end of said brace rod tothe upper section above the hinged edge thereof, Wherebyaturning movementT of the upper section about its hinges causes ,a movement of the lower section about 'its hinges.

sInwitnessithat I claim the foregoin I have hereunto subscribed ,my name this 2 th dav ofOctober, 1908.

JACOB w; Ehen Witnesses EDMUNDA. STRAUSE, OLLIE PALMER. 

